Health insurers in privatized Medicare Advantage are for the most part maintaining their 2027 geographic footprints after a multi-year period of retrenchment.

Hospitals and health systems are already seeing bad debt and charity care from unpaid patient medical bills rise this year, and it’s about to get worse.

Oscar Health plans to expand its individual and small business coverage offerings by 400 to 600 counties by 2029 as the health insurer has become more profitable.

Abbott will pay $385 million to settle state, federal, and civil lawsuits stemming from contamination issues at its Michigan baby formula plant in early 2022.

An increasing number of industry analysts say costs are under control for the likes of CVS Health, Centene, Cigna, Elevance Health, Humana, UnitedHealth Group and others.

Corporate entities - from private equity fand hospitals to insurance companies - employ 82% of practicing U.S. physicians who say such ownership erodes their autonomy.

Employee health benefit costs are expected to rise 8.2% on average in 2027 — the highest increase since 2003 - benefits consultancy Marsh says.

UnitedHealthcare, the nation's largest health insurer, has unveiled 1,700 diagnostic codes that will no longer need prior approval, effective October 1.

Cancer is the top condition driving healthcare spending for the fifth year in a row, a new report from the Business Group on Health shows.

Following a parade of health insurance company earnings reports this summer, stocks are rising and costs appear to be under control — for now.

Cuts imposed by President Trump's One "Big Beautiful Bill" will soon hit U.S. hospitals after a relatively strong cash and operating positions of the last five years,

Insurer Oscar Health swung to a $361 million second quarter profit while eclipsing $1 billion in net income for the first six months of the year as medical costs eased.

CVS Health's second quarter net income nearly tripled to $2.9 billion compared to the year ago quarter as the company gets a better handle on its Aetna health plan costs.

“I believe Max Miller needs to seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake,” the senator said.

Major Medicare Advantage insurer Humana is withdrawing from certain markets for 2027, a move expected to be mirrored by other companies facing rising medical expenses.

The Cigna Group reported second quarter net income of nearly $1.7 billion despite continued elevated medical costs dogging the entire health insurance industry.

Humana reported second quarter net income of $694 million as costs of care for older adults in its Medicare Advantage plans fell in line with company expectations.

Health insurer Centene’s net income eclipsed $1 billion in the second quarter as the company is getting a better handle on rising costs of people in its health plans.

UnitedHealth Group reported second quarter net income of $5.48 billion as medical costs dropped, triggering an improved financial outlook for the rest of the year.

Elevance Health reported second quarter net income of $1.45 billion as medical costs fell in some health plans, triggering an improved outlook for the rest of the year.

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...

Health insurers selling Obamacare are proposing another year of double-digit percentage premium increases for 2027, a new KFF analysis shows.

Peak Rock Capital bought Asembia, a provider of services surrounding specialty pharmacy including distribution, group purchasing and technology connecting patients.

Cigna’s Evernorth health is investing $100 million to support a new AI-powered program designed to improve how patients access and experience specialty pharmacy.

Physicians are working harder for more pay amid an ongoing doctor shortage while reimbursement rates are stagnant and expected to worsen, a new AMGA report shows.

More mergers and acquisitions among pharmacy benefit management companies could follow the proposed combination of the PBMs Abarca Health and LucyRx.

Abarca Health and LucyRx - two independent pharmacy benefit managers - have agreed to merge asregulators and the public seek a better price on prescription drugs.

Primary care physician compensation reached nearly $330,000 last year but “increases generally trailed the cost of living,” the Medical Group Management Association said.

Obamacare insurer Centene is offering employees buyouts companywide to cut costs after losing more than two million health plan members this year.

Half of U.S. employers and health plans are balking at paying for GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Zepbound and Wegovy for weight loss and obesity treatment, a new report shows.

Medicare Advantage is the choice of 55% of eligible beneficiaries for health insurance for Americans 65 and older.

Healthcare costs are rising 18% for small-and mid-sized businesses as employers grapple with a surge in inflation and medical expenses, a Morgan Health report shows.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is launching a campaign to ‘amplify the voices and experiences of people affected by high healthcare costs.”

GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Zepbound and Wegovy are the biggest contributor to rising prescription spending. And that will trigger co-payments to rise.

Physician assistants continue to increase in number and so is their pay, hitting $140,000 as their ranks have grown to more than 200,000.

Regular readers know that I've been obsessing over the massive increases in both gross as well as net premiums for ACA health insurance policy enrollees being caused by the combination of Congressiona...

Deductibles for Americans enrolled in Obamacare rose by more than $1,000 on average this year after the Republican-led Congress didn’t renew enhanced tax credits.

Health insurance companies including UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna and Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans are seeing lower costs. But there’s trouble ahead.

Health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces is more expensive than ever. Forbes Senior Healthcare Contributor Bruce Japsen tells NPR's Elissa Nadworny how we got here.

via Bruce Japsen of Forbes: The Cigna Group disclosed plans to exit the individual health insurance business under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, leaving about 369,000 health plan m...

Cigna will exit the individual health insurance business also known as Obamacare, leaving about 369,00 health plan members in 11 states looking for new coverage in 2027.

Humana reported first quarter net income of nearly $1.2 billion as costs of care for older adults in its Medicare Advantage plans eased a bit but remained high.

Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company and Humana’s CenterWell Pharmacy confirmed they have formed a partnership “to develop new end-to-end employer prescription solutions.”